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Episode 13: February 2024
Network-Wide CRN User News
Featured Event
Healthier Together Summit
Join us for a day of fantastic speakers and connecting for better health.
In 2024, QHN will celebrate 20 years of community collaboration by connecting and innovating healthcare, behavioral, and social organizations to provide crucial information that ensures people get the care and services they need quickly and efficiently.
We are looking forward to reuniting to ignite creativity and exploration, foster lively discussions that advance healthcare and address the social determinants of health, and share some laughter and successes.
We will hear from industry leaders like Kim Bimestefer (HCPF) and Lisa Bari (Civitas), as well as Craig Zablocki, who will guide us through what it means to transform through vulnerability and authenticity. There will also be a robust resource fair – an opportunity for you to highlight your good work and see the incredible resources that are offered in western Colorado – along with several thought-provoking Hot Topics sessions.
REGISTER AND/OR SIGN UP FOR A RESOURCE FAIR BOOTH HERE
Scholarships and complimentary tickets are available for CRN Network Partners and other non-profit organizations. You will also have the opportunity to bring a booth to the Summit’s resource fair.
Contact Charity for more info: cmeinhart@qualityhealthnetwork.org
New 2024 Training Schedule Released
Utilization
Network-Wide Utilization Stats
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Regional News
West Mountain News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in West Mountain!
The Community Market
We are a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial organization working passionately to provide responsive solutions that meet the most critical and emerging needs of those working or living in the Eagle River Valley. We believe that to support the economic security and prosperity of families throughout Eagle County, we must first meet the essential needs of those who are struggling to make ends meet. Through our programs, we provide immediate assistance and support to families who are dealing with food insecurity and a lack of access to health resources, and we also partner with individuals and organizations to build their own capacity as leaders, advocates, and empowered members of our community.
Through our programs, we not only aim to provide immediate assistance and support to families who are suffering from food insecurity and a lack of access to health resources, we also partner with community members to build their capacity and empower them as leaders and advocates. We are compassionate listeners and innovative problem-solvers – providing responsive solutions to the most emerging needs of those living and working in the Eagle Valley community.
CRN usage: Receiving Referrals
Regions: West Mountain
Mountain Safe Response
Mountain Safe Response is a safe and reliable entry point for individuals to be directed towards available resources, improving outcomes for crime and trauma victims, deterring offenders from future crime, rehabilitating offenders, and reducing violent crime.
Mountain Safe Response serves as a basecamp where individuals and organizations can access a wide range of tools and support. We are a central connection point, ensuring that everyone has the necessary resources to overcome their obstacles as we work through crises together.
Regions Served: West Mountain
CRN usage: Receiving Referrals, Sending Referrals, and Joining the Care Team
Mesa County News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Mesa County!
AeroCare
AdaptHealth is dedicated to providing excellent services to our patients while ensuring the quality and professionalism they deserve. We provide genuine care and the most up-to-date, quality medical products available for the patients we serve. We empower patients to live their best lives by providing comprehensive products, services, and supplies.
Regions Served: West Mountain, Delta, Montrose, Mesa, Southwest, West Mountain
CRN Usage: Receives Referrals
Parent and Family Wellness Center
The Parent and Family Wellness Center provides psychotherapy and medication evaluation and management. While we do have an office in Boulder, our practice serves individuals, couples, and families throughout Colorado through telehealth. Our specialty is perinatal mental wellness, but we work with a wide array of clients who fall well outside that category (including men). We offer couples and individual counseling, parent-child dyadic therapy (in-person only), and we work with teens.
To the best of our abilities, we are committed to making high-quality mental health care accessible to all. We have a Spanish-speaking bi-cultural clinician on staff. In some counties, we partner with grant agencies to provide vouchers for free care to those who are uninsured or underinsured.
We offer free perinatal wellness check-ins, which can be helpful for those who are hesitant about receiving mental health support. We also offer monthly free workshops on PMAD prevention.
Regions Served: All
CRN Use: Accepting and sending referrals, joining care teams
Delta/ Montrose/ Gunnison News
Welcome Our New CRN Partners in Montrose/Delta/Gunnison!
Star Light Home Health
Star Light Home Health is a Medicare Certified Agency offering in-home skilled services following physician’s orders. We offer Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Bath Aids for our homebound patients. (Speech Therapy and Social Worker coming soon). We are contracted with Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veteran’s Administration.
We are accepting referrals for patients that have Medicaid, Medicare, and VA.
CRN Use: Accepting and Sending electronic referrals through CRN.
Region: Delta/Montrose
Parent and Family Wellness Center
The Parent and Family Wellness Center provides psychotherapy and medication evaluation and management. While we do have an office in Boulder, our practice serves individuals, couples, and families throughout Colorado through telehealth. Our specialty is perinatal mental wellness, but we work with a wide array of clients who fall well outside that category (including men). We offer couples and individual counseling, parent-child dyadic therapy (in-person only), and we work with teens.
To the best of our abilities, we are committed to making high-quality mental health care accessible to all. We have a Spanish-speaking bi-cultural clinician on staff. In some counties, we partner with grant agencies to provide vouchers for free care to those who are uninsured or underinsured.
We offer free perinatal wellness check-ins, which can be helpful for those who are hesitant about receiving mental health support. We also offer monthly free workshops on PMAD prevention.
Regions Served: All
CRN Use: Accepting and sending referrals, joining care teams
Helpful Resources for February 2024
from the Colorado Regional Health Connector Program
Funding Opportunities –
- Funding (no deadline) – Building and Bridging Connections Funding
- Loans (no deadline noted) – Rural Community Facility Loans
- Funding (open for non-binding letters of intent) – Making Care Primary Model
- Funding (no deadline noted) – Colorado County Jail Recognition Awards. Nominations are now open for a one-time $50,000 grant award to support jails to continue work in medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and connections to the community upon release. These awards are intended to recognize county jails within Colorado that have shown excellence or demonstrated progress in this work. Eligible nominees are exclusively limited to Colorado county jails. Nominators can include anyone from the public. The DOL encourages nominations from peer jail staff, sheriffs, individuals in the community, and individuals who have been incarcerated.
- Funding (due 2/20) – Community Connect Broadband Grant Program. Supports broadband deployment into rural communities where it is not yet economically viable for private sector providers to deliver service. Broadband service should benefit residential and business customers in a service area, as well as critical community facilities, such as healthcare, public schools, fire stations, and libraries.
- Funding (due 2/26) – Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). The purpose of the GWEP is to educate and train the health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults by collaborating with community partners. Applicants must maximize patient and family engagement to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework.
- Funding (due 3/15, with registration on portal by 3/1) – Community Resilience Initiatives. These funding opportunities address The Colorado Trust’s strategic plan focus areas of food, housing, and mental and behavioral health. Register now for one of three pre-application webinars taking place February 9. For each initiative’s webinar, go to the website and click on the initiative of interest to register.
- Funding (due 3/6)- 2024 AARP Community Challenge. These grants are meant to provide support to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. The AARP Community Challenge will be accepting applications for flagship grants, capacity-building microgrants, and demonstration grants.
- Funding (extended through May 31, 2024) – COVID-19 Health Equity and Immunization Funding Opportunity.
Webinars, Trainings & Conferences
- Webinar: Navigating Rural Realities: Addressing Substance Use and Aging in Agricultural Communities – Thursday, February 22, 11-12pm MT. Join us for an insightful presentation that delves into the unique challenges faced by aging individuals in rural agricultural communities, where the intersection of substance use and the aging process pose complex problems. We will examine the social, economic, and healthcare factors that contribute to substance use among older adults in the agricultural sector.
- Webinar: Implementation Facilitation to Enhance Implementation of Evidence-based Suicide Prevention Strategies – Wednesday, March 6th, 11-12pm MT. Presenter: Dr. Sara Landes. This presentation will focus on how implementation facilitation strategies have been applied to enhance the implementation of suicide prevention interventions within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The presentation will include an overview of the research design, the facilitation strategy, the facilitation process, and outcomes.
- Webinar: Introduction to Capital Resources for Financing Rural Health Infrastructure and Community Development Projects – Wednesday, March 6, 12:30-2:00 pm MT. In this session participants will unwrap the basics of federal, state, and private sources of capital for rural health and prosperity and learn how capital resources are used in rural settings to achieve community health improvement goals. Participants will learn about how projects are developed, and the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Small Business Administration and other sources of financing.
- Envision: You recently announced a new training grant program geared toward behavioral health providers working with LGBTQ+ individuals. This opportunity is made possible through a state grant opportunity and aims to increase providers’ understanding of LGBTQ+ history, expand knowledge of inclusive language, and explore best practices for providing affirming care to LGBTQ+ individuals. Individuals interested in the training program can complete this interest form, learn more about the training, and send questions to training@envision-you.org.
- Training: Age-Friendly Public Health Systems (AFPHS) Initiative offers an “AFPHS Champion” designation to empower and encourage more leaders to champion healthy aging. This recognition honors public health professionals who are committed to expanding their knowledge about healthy aging and want to lead their departments and organizations in becoming age-friendly. Anyone can become a Champion! Reaching this status is simple: individuals who attend or view at least six AFPHS monthly trainings will be designated as AFPHS Champions. Visit the AFPHS Recognition Program page for more information.